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Councilman Ed Shadid plans 2014 race for Oklahoma City mayor

First-term Oklahoma City Council member Ed Shadid is seeking bids from specialists in media, direct mail, polling and other campaign needs as he builds a team for a campaign to become the city's mayor.

First-term Oklahoma City Council member Ed Shadid is planning to run for mayor in 2014, according to a memo to potential campaign consultants.

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The memo says that Shadid, a physician elected two years ago from Ward 2 in north-central Oklahoma City, expects to spend $750,000 to $1.5 million.

Dated Thursday, the document notes the race is nonpartisan and says Shadid is a registered independent.

Reached by telephone on Thursday afternoon, Shadid did not deny the authenticity of the document but said he could not comment.

Mayor Mick Cornett — first elected in 2004, during his own first term on the city council — has not announced whether he will seek a fourth term. His chief of staff, Steve Hill, said the mayor would have no comment.

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by William Crum

Reporter

OU and Norman High School graduate, formerly worked as a reporter and editor for the Associated Press, the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, and the Norman Transcript. Married, two children, lives in Norman.